The Iowa State Pool Players Association has selected Des Moines to host the 2018, 2019 and 2020 8-Ball and 9-Ball Championships. The Championships, which will be held at the Iowa Events Center, are the largest independent state level amateur pool tournament in the country with 2,000 participants and more than 160 pool tables.

​Over the course of three years, it will attribute to more than 7,200 hotel room nights and an estimated $4.9 in economic impact in Greater Des Moines.